“WE had a ten-minute standing ovation during the official screening,” Robbie Tan excitedly told us via text message about the reaction to “Foster Child,” which he produced, after its official screening Friday evening at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.

“The audience was absolutely moved by ‘Foster Child,’ ” Robbie added. We are back in LA now from Cannes but the ecstatic text messages by the folks behind the Pinoy film, directed by Brillante “Dante” Mendoza, excited us as well.

The producer claimed that the press screening held earlier, on Friday morning, was a success as well: “Many viewers told us that ‘Foster Child’ is a moving film. They were all praises for Cherry Pie (Picache).” Cherry Pie stars in the film along with Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Alwyn Uytingco, Dan Alvaro and Kier Segundo.

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